haudh in gwanûr

place name. *Burial Mound of the Twins

Burial mound of twin brothers (LotR/1054), a combination of haudh “mound”, the plural in of the definite article i and the old dual form gwanûr of gwanunig “twin”.

Haudh in Gwanur

noun. mound of the brothers

haudh (“mound, grave, tomb”), in (pl. genitive article), gwanur (pl. “brothers, kinsmen”)

Haudh in Gwanur

Haudh in Gwanûr

It has been suggested that Haudh in Gwanûr means "mound of the brothers" in Sindarin, consisting of haudh ("mound, grave, tomb") + in (pl. genitive article) + gwanûr. In editions of The Lord of the Rings prior to the 2004 edition, the circumflex (^) was omitted.